The wheel turns and as it does so does nature, each point on the wheel of the year has its sights, its sounds or its scents. Now through the grassland scrub clearings and along the hedgerows it's the time of Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare). The scent of Wild Marjoram drifts on the air, such a well used herb in the kitchen, your nose easily picks it out. It's everywhere. The tightly closed purple buds are opening to reveal the pretty pink flowers; this is the perfect time to harvest Marjoram, just as the flowers are about to open. Of course I collected some, use it fresh or dry it for later; mines drying above me now, it would've been rude not to accept a gift from nature. In a few days it'll be dried and in jars, ready to bring the taste of summer to meals in cooler seasons.
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